5. I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia, for I am planning to travel through Macedonia.
6. Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination.
7. This time I don’t want to make just a short visit and then go right on. I want to come and stay awhile, if the Lord will let me.
8. In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost.
9. There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.
10. When Timothy comes, don’t intimidate him. He is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
11. Don’t let anyone treat him with contempt. Send him on his way with your blessing when he returns to me. I expect him to come with the other believers.